http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:59:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web#comment-56234 Greg Tue, 15 May 2007 21:20:22 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web#comment-56234 Another reason the nosquint is so great, is with bitstream fonts on linux (i refuse to use ms core fonts) the metrics are slightly off versus arial, helvetica, lucida grande, verdana, trebuchet and all the other fonts people pollute their css with. Occasionally some badly written css (using fixed pixel widths) will screw up the layout quite a bit when using vera/bitstream fonts. manhandling the fontsize and notching it down to 90% often fixes the layout problems and is still quite readable. Another reason the nosquint is so great, is with bitstream fonts on linux (i refuse to use ms core fonts) the metrics are slightly off versus arial, helvetica, lucida grande, verdana, trebuchet and all the other fonts people pollute their css with. Occasionally some badly written css (using fixed pixel widths) will screw up the layout quite a bit when using vera/bitstream fonts. manhandling the fontsize and notching it down to 90% often fixes the layout problems and is still quite readable.

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web#comment-56226 Tomasz Gorski Tue, 15 May 2007 14:13:59 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web#comment-56226 Thanks for the list Alex. I like "the Site-specific text zoom [dive into mark]" = i use it and it's really cool. Greetings from Poland Thanks for the list Alex. I like “the Site-specific text zoom [dive into mark]” = i use it and it’s really cool. Greetings from Poland

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web#comment-56187 whoo Mon, 14 May 2007 01:37:32 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/13/around-the-web#comment-56187 Thanks for the props, Alex!! I appreciate it!! :) Thanks for the props, Alex!! I appreciate it!!

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